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See that with the * rennet orrundles of the earth, one might {tay a laske, or give free paflage to the 
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this place un- tine in the ftrangurie, fo it be drunkein wine or water. 
perfit ; but I As for Cucubalum, they write of ir, That if the leaves be ftamped with vinegre, they heale 
guefle rather : eo f : 
FhatPlin uere, Te ting of ferpents and {corpions. Some of them call this hearbe by another name,Strumus, 
in glancech ar and others give itthe Greekename Strychnos: and blacke berries (they fay) it hath. The juice 
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the odfcuritic thereof taken to the quantitie of one cyath, with twiceas much honeyed wine, is foveraigne for 
of their wri - : bP ili crete “ie : : : . 
ungsiathote the loins or {mall of the backe: likewife iteafeth the head-ach, iftogithet with oile of rofes it be 
daics of Sim- diftilled upon the head by way of embrochation. The hearbe itfelfe in fubftance madeinto ali- 
plesswho pur: : : ree e 
Fowmethee iment, healeth che wens called the Kingsevill. 
_hearbemany Concerning the frefh water Spunge (for fol may more truly tearme it, than eithermoffe or: 
timss,which  hearbe, fo thicke of fhag haires itis and fiftulouswithall) it groweth ordinarily within the rivers 
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makeany fenfe thatiffue from the foot of the Alps, and isnamed in Latin *Conferva; for that it isfo good to, 
ofnomere — conglutinat,in manner of a fouder. Certes,] my felfeknew apoore labourer, whoas he waslop- 
than of Coage- ing of a tall tree, fell fromthe top downe tothe ground, and wasfo piteoufly bruifed:thereby, 
lam terra. 
* 2conferrmi- that unneth he had any found bonein all his bodie thatwas unbroken: and in verie teuth, lapped 
aay hee wasall over with this moffe or fpunge (call it whether youwill) and the fame was kept ever- 
more moift and wet with {prinkling his owne water upon it, whenfoeverit began todrie upon 
him with the heat of his bodie: feldome was it undone or remooved, and never but when of ne- 
ceffitie for very chaunge fre(h was laid too for default of the other: and by this mannerof cure 
and no other,the poore wretch recovered perfidy, in fo {mall atime, that it was wonderfull and 
almott incredible. : fe 
Cap. 1x. 
ee Of the berrie called Coccum Guidiam. Of the Taxill, and Oke ferne. Of Dryophonon, and 
Elatine, Of Empetrum,otherwi(e named Calcifraga. of Epipactis or Elleborine. Of Epi- 
medium, Enneaphyllen,and Ferne. Of the hearbe named Oxe-thigh, Of 
7 ) Galeopfis, otherwife Galeobdolon, Of Glaux 
or Eugalatium, — 
percorne,but thatit is bigger: of an ardentand caufticke qualitie it is, and therefore they 
ule to lap itin the foft crum or pith of aloafe of bread,and fo {wallow it,for feare it fhould 
burne the throat as it pafleth down. A prefent remedie this is for thofe who areempoifoned with 
Hemlocke ; and it hath a good propertie to {top alaske. 
* Vireapapuris, _ ‘Vhe Tazill,called in Greeke * Dipfacos, hath leaves much refembling LeCtuce, faving that 
in the mids of the backepart,there are to be feene certaine bubbles as it were, or rifings, & thofe 
be prickly : the maine ftem which it beareth,is two cubits high,and the fame armed with pricks: 
at every joynt and knot whereof, it putteth forth two leaves which doe compafle and enclofe the 
Pes berrie Coccum Gnidium, in colour refembleth the Scarlet graine ;in quantitiea pep- 
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*Thereupon {ameround about in manner of wings, making thereby a certain * concavitie or hollowrecep- 
Hes he a tacle, wherein alwaies there ftandeth a * faltifh dew or water. In the top of this maine ftem and 
i,Venslaver. other braunches proceeding from it, itbeareth certaine bunie heads, befet all over with fharpe 
*This wateris pricks like thofe of an Vrchin; and it loveth to grow in waterie places, Thishearb clofeth up and - 
noc faltifh:buc 
becaufe the Sxitneth che fiflures or chaps in thefundement: alfo the root boiled in wine, healeth fiftuloes;but” 
name Dip(zcos thefame oughtto be fo tender fodden, as icmay be wrought like wax,that a colyrie or tent made 
so Greek ale of it may be putinto the concavitie of the fore. Moreover, it cureth werts of all fortsand fome 
& faltthings there be, whototake away werts, wafh them with the liquorfound in the hollow pith ofthe fore- 
cave piri faid wings. The Oke ferne named in Greeke Dryopteris, islike unto otherferne, and groweth 
gueffed this Upon trees,having leaves finely flit,and thofe fomewhat fweet in taft : the root is rough and hai- 
humertobe rie: Ofacautticke and fierie nature isthis hearbe ; and therefore theroot being punned,is a de- 
pike pilatori¢e and fetcheth off haire: for whichpurpofe, the manner is toapplie it manner ofa lini- 
ment, untill ic procure fweat: which courfe would bee reiterated twice or thrice, during which 
time the {weat muft not be wiped away. | | 
Dryophonon is an hearbe much like to Dryopteris: the ftems whereof be {mall, yet growing 
tothe length of a cubit,and thofe be environed on both fides an inch broad: in fhape much like 
unto Brufcus or Butchers-broome, named in Greeke Oxymyrfine, but that they be wisi an 
ofter, 
